The following is a list of power transfers between national heads of state, heads of government, prime ministers, and other equivalent positions in the year 2022. All countries which act as de facto sovereign states, per the criteria at List of sovereign states, are included.

Heads of State +Head of State Changes in 2022DateCountryPositionIncumbentPartyIncomingPartyCauseSource1 JanPresidentGuy ParmelinSwiss People's PartyIgnazio CassisFDP.The LiberalsRotation24 JanPresidentRoch Marc Christian KaboréPeople's Movement for ProgressPaul-Henri Sandaogo DamibaPatriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta)Coup d'état27 JanPresidentJuan Orlando HernándezNational PartyXiomara CastroLiberty and RefoundationElection1 FebPresidentArmen SarkissianIndependentAlan Simonyan (acting)Civil ContractResignation11 MarPresidentSebastián PiñeraIndependent (elected for Let's Go Chile)Gabriel BoricSocial ConvergenceElection13 MarPresidentAlan Simonyan (acting)Civil ContractVahagn KhachaturyanIndependentIndirect election19 MarPresidentGurbanguly BerdimuhamedowIndependentSerdar BerdimuhamedowDemocratic PartyElection1 AprCaptains RegentFrancesco MussoniChristian Democratic PartyOscar MinaChristian Democratic PartyIndirect electionGiacomo SimonciniSocialist PartyPaolo RondelliRETE Movement7 AprPresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur HadiGeneral People's CongressRashad al-AlimiGeneral People's CongressResignation8 MayPresidentCarlos Alvarado QuesadaCitizens' Action PartyRodrigo Chaves RoblesSocial Democratic Progress PartyElection10 MayPresidentJános ÁderCivic AllianceKatalin NovákCivic AllianceIndirect election10 MayPresidentMoon Jae-inDemocratic PartyYoon Suk-yeolPeople Power PartyElection14 MayPresidentKhalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanN/AMohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanN/ADeath14 MayPresidentMohamed Abdullahi MohamedQuality PartyHassan Sheikh MohamudUnion for Peace and Development PartyIndirect election19 MayPresidentFrancisco GuterresRevolutionary Front for an Independent East TimorJosé Ramos-HortaNational Congress for Timorese ReconstructionElection24 MaySouth OssetiaPresidentAnatoly BibilovUnited OssetiaAlan GagloyevMeetingElection30 JunPresidentRodrigo DutertePDP-LabanBongbong MarcosFederalist PartyElection15 JulPresidentGotabaya RajapaksaPeople's FrontRanil WickremesingheUnited National PartyResignation23 JulPresidentTallis Obed MosesIndependentNikenike VurobaravuOur Land PartyIndirect election24 JulPresidentIlir MetaSocialist Movement for IntegrationBajram BegajIndependentIndirect election25 JulPresidentRam Nath KovindIndian People's PartyDroupadi MurmuIndian People's PartyIndirect election7 AugPresidentIván Duque MárquezDemocratic CenterGustavo Petro UrregoHumane ColombiaElection8 SepAntigua and BarbudaMonarchElizabeth IIN/ACharles IIIN/ADeath13 SepPresidentUhuru KenyattaJubilee PartyWilliam RutoUnited Democratic AllianceElection29 SepPresidentLionel AingimeaIndependentRuss KunIndependentIndirect election30 SepPresidentPaul-Henri Sandaogo DamibaPatriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta)Ibrahim TraoréPatriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (military junta)Coup d'état1 OctCaptains RegentOscar MinaChristian Democratic PartyMaria Luisa BertiWe SammarineseIndirect electionPaolo RondelliRETE MovementManuel CiavattaChristian Democratic Party17 OctPresidentBarham SalihPatriotic Union of KurdistanAbdul Latif RashidPatriotic Union of KurdistanIndirect election31 OctPresidentMichel AounFree Patriotic MovementNajib Mikati (acting)Azm MovementTerm limit16 NovBosnia and HerzegovinaPresident (Bosniak)Šefik DžaferovićParty of Democratic ActionDenis BećirovićSocial Democratic PartyElectionPresident (Serb)Milorad DodikAlliance of Independent Social DemocratsŽeljka CvijanovićAlliance of Independent Social Democrats7 DecPresidentPedro CastilloIndependent (elected for Free Peru)Dina BoluarteIndependent (elected for Free Peru)Impeachment23 DecPresidentBorut PahorSocial DemocratsNataša Pirc MusarIndependentElection

Heads of Government and Prime Ministers Heads of government that are also heads of state are not included in this list. +Head of Government Changes in 2022DateCountryPositionIncumbentPartyIncomingPartyCauseSource5 JanPrime MinisterAsqar MaminRadiant FatherlandÄlihan SmaiylovRadiant FatherlandResignation17 JanPrime MinisterZoran ZaevSocial Democratic UnionDimitar KovačevskiSocial Democratic UnionResignation19 JanPrime MinisterAbdalla HamdokIndependentOsman Hussein (acting)IndependentResignation1 FebPrime MinisterMirtha VásquezBroad FrontHéctor ValerDemocratic PeruResignation7 FebCentral African RepublicPrime MinisterHenri-Marie DondraIndependentFélix MolouaUnited Hearts MovementAppointment8 FebPrime MinisterHéctor ValerDemocratic PeruAníbal TorresIndependentResignation3 MarPrime MinisterLassina ZerboIndependentAlbert OuédraogoIndependentAppointment3 MarPrime MinisterCarlos Agostinho do RosárioLiberation FrontAdriano MaleianeLiberation FrontAppointment11 AprPrime MinisterImran KhanMovement for JusticeShehbaz SharifMuslim League (Nawaz)Confidence failure28 AprPrime MinisterZdravko KrivokapićWe Won't Give UpDritan AbazovićUnited Reform ActionConfidence failure12 MayPrime MinisterFaiz SucuoğluNational Unity PartyÜnal ÜstelNational Unity PartyResignation12 MayPrime MinisterMahinda RajapaksaPeople's FrontRanil WickremesingheUnited National PartyResignation16 MayPrime MinisterJean CastexRenaissanceÉlisabeth BorneTerritories of ProgressAppointment21 MayPrime MinisterKim Boo-kyumDemocratic PartyHan Duck-sooIndependentAppointment23 MayPrime MinisterScott MorrisonLiberal PartyAnthony AlbaneseLabor PartyElection26 MayPrime MinisterJanez JanšaDemocratic PartyRobert GolobFreedom MovementElection30 MayTransnistriaPrime MinisterAleksandr MartynovIndependentAleksandr RozenbergIndependentResignation20 JunSouth OssetiaPrime MinisterGennady BekoyevIndependentKonstantin DzhussoevIndependentAppointment24 JunPrime MinisterKeith MitchellNew National PartyDickon MitchellNational Democratic CongressElection26 JunPrime MinisterMohamed Hussein RobleIndependentHamza Abdi BarreUnion for Peace and Development PartyAppointment1 JulChief ExecutiveCarrie LamIndependentJohn LeeIndependentIndirect election1 JulPrime MinisterNaftali BennettNew RightYair LapidThere Is A FutureRotation16 JulPrime MinisterMohamed BéavoguiIndependentBernard GoumouIndependentAppointment19 JulPrime MinisterSabah Al-Khalid Al-SabahIndependentMohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (acting)IndependentResignation22 JulPrime MinisterRanil WickremesingheUnited National PartyDinesh GunawardenaPeople's United FrontAppointment24 JulPrime MinisterMohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (acting)IndependentAhmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-SabahIndependentAppointment2 AugPrime MinisterKiril PetkovWe Continue the ChangeGalab DonevIndependentConfidence failure6 AugPrime MinisterTimothy HarrisPeople's Labour PartyTerrence DrewLabour PartyElection21 AugPrime MinisterChoguel Kokalla MaïgaIndependentAdboulaye MaïgaIndependentAppointment6 SepPrime MinisterBoris JohnsonConservative PartyLiz TrussConservative PartyResignation7 SepPrime MinisterAlain-Guillaume BunyoniNational Council for the Defense of DemocracyGervais NdirakobucaNational Council for the Defense of DemocracyAppointment17 SepPrime MinisterMahammed Dionne (previously, 2019)IndependentAmadou BaIndependentAppointment27 SepPrime MinisterSalman bin AbdulazizN/AMohammed bin SalmanN/AAppointment12 OctPrime MinisterAlbert Pahimi PadackéNational Rally for DemocracySaleh KebzaboNational Rally for DemocracyAppointment17 OctPrime MinisterMagdalena AnderssonSocial Democratic PartyUlf KristerssonModerate PartyElection21 OctPrime MinisterAlbert OuédraogoIndependentApollinaire Joachim Kyélem de TambèlaIndependentAppointment22 OctPrime MinisterMario DraghiIndependentGiorgia MeloniBrothers of ItalyElection25 OctPrime MinisterLiz TrussConservative PartyRishi SunakConservative PartyResignation27 OctPrime MinisterMustafa Al-KadhimiIndependentMohammed Shia' Al SudaniIslamic Call PartyElection28 NovPrime MinisterMoeketsi MajoroAll-Basotho ConventionSam MatekaneRevolution for ProsperityElection4 NovPrime MinisterBob LoughmanOur Land PartyIshmael KalsakauUnion of Moderate PartiesElection11 NovPrime MinisterJorge Bom JesusMovement for Liberation/Social Democratic PartyPatrice TrovoadaIndependent Democratic ActionElection24 NovPrime MinisterIsmail Sabri YaakobUnited Malays National OrganizationAnwar IbrahimPeople's Justice PartyElection26 NovPrime MinisterAníbal TorresIndependentBetssy ChavézDemocratic PeruResignation11 DecPrime MinisterBetssy ChavézDemocratic PeruPedro Angulo AranaIndependentResignation17 DecTaoiseachMicheál MartinFianna FáilLeo VaradkarFine GaelRotation21 DecPrime MinisterPedro Angulo AranaIndependentAlberto OtárolaIndependentAppointment24 DecPrime MinisterFrank BainimaramaFijiFirstSitiveni RabukaPeople's AllianceElection25 DecPrime MinisterSher Bahadur DeubaNepali CongressPushpa Kamal DahalCommunist Party (Maoist Centre)Election29 DecPrime MinisterYair LapidThere Is A FutureBenjamin NetanyahuConsolidationElection30 DecPrime MinisterPhankham ViphavanhPeople's Revolutionary PartySonexay SiphandonePeople's Revolutionary PartyResignation

See also

List of state leaders in 2022 List of elections in 2022 2022 national electoral calendar

References